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by TH35
30 Apr 2025, 20:28
Forum: Help
Topic: Is there a way to actually limit the folders scanned (not shown) by FFS?
Replies: 2
Views: 14830

Re: Is there a way to actually limit the folders scanned (not shown) by FFS?


If you set your inclusion filter to catch only the '2025' folders, FFS won't scan others that fall outside the inclusion filter.
Unless you mean this: https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12235


Thank you. It seems the problem was that I didn't remove the "*" that was along with the ...
by TH35
30 Apr 2025, 19:20
Forum: Help
Topic: Is there a way to actually limit the folders scanned (not shown) by FFS?
Replies: 2
Views: 14830

Is there a way to actually limit the folders scanned (not shown) by FFS?

Situation: I use FFS to occasionally copy my photos off my phone from a folder that contains a bunch of dated subfolders. (202504_ for example). The folders go back many years. I usually only want to sync the most recent folders, and I can use filters to only DISPLAY results in folders starting with ...
by TH35
01 Mar 2025, 20:47
Forum: Help
Topic: FFS wants to delete files even though there should be no deleting
Replies: 1
Views: 2563

FFS wants to delete files even though there should be no deleting

I am using the "update" settings to copy files, which should not delete anything. However, the filter at the bottom indicates there are 34,000 files that are going to be deleted. I created a custom filter that explicitly has no deletes in the criteria, and it still says that 34,000 files are going ...